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Teacher pay raise package heading to Mississippi governor's desk

This matters more than the earlier compromise headline alone: the $2,000 teacher-pay package now heading to Reeves locks the issue back into the governing record, not just the Capitol rumor mill, and keeps teacher pay live as a 2027 accountability lane.

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  • Tate Reeves Context only · Incumbent governor · Republican
  • Delbert Hosemann Credible contender · Lieutenant governor · Republican
  • Jason White Credible contender · House speaker · Republican
  • Lynn Fitch Declared candidate · Attorney General · Republican

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